interesting article about how consumers' buying decisions allowed apple to go from making laptops that are easy to upgrade and repair to making ones that are not
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/opinion-apple-retina-displa/
you can't even replace the battery without paying 200 bucks...can't even put in extra memory...apple fans must think that a $2000 laptop is disposable...apple has gotten too good at brainwashing people to want the newest even when the ipad, iphone, and macbook that they have is perfectly fine...they have become so good at what they do, that customers expect to get ripped off and a lack of choice is seen as a good thing...i'll stick with my windows machine...i used a p4 for 7-8 years with one upgrade in ram and hard drive...now i'm on my 5th year with a core 2 duo with an upgrade in memory and ssd with probably at least 3 more years of life in the pc...can't do that with apple...at least with the ones that are made now
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